signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
to be hot on a person's heels
to look away; to turn away
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
charm; incantation; spell; curse
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
moment to quit; way to quit
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
(not so) much; (not) very
danger; peril; hazard; risk
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious